Lease of life

Copyright: Registered 13Oct54 · LF268 (Jul-Dec 1975) Copyright holder: Ealing Studios, Ltd

Description: Presents the Victorian Cancer Institute’s 4MeV linear accelerator. An important weapon against cancer, it is used for deep X-ray therapy. Traces a case history of a woman who is eventually restored to her family by the special treatment made possible by the accelerator. Narrated by Marcia Hart. Filmed at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute in Melbourne, Victoria.